adumbrate
vt . 画轮廓,预示
画轮廓,预示
adumbrate v 1 :
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of ; "
sketch the outline of the book "; "
outline his ideas " [
synonym : {
sketch }, {
outline }, {
adumbrate }]
2 :
give to understand ; "
I insinuated that I did not like his wife " [
synonym : {
intimate }, {
adumbrate }, {
insinuate }]
Adumbrate \
Ad *
um "
brate \,
v .
t . [
L .
adumbratus ,
p .
p .
of adumbrare ;
ad umbrare to shade ;
umbra shadow .]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To give a faint shadow or slight representation of ;
to outline ;
to shadow forth .
[
1913 Webster ]
Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated . --
L .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To overshadow ;
to shade .
[
1913 Webster ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "
adumbrate ":
allude to ,
argue ,
augur ,
auspicate ,
becloud ,
bedim ,
bespeak ,
betoken ,
block out ,
bode ,
body forth ,
call ,
chalk out ,
characterize ,
cloud ,
darken ,
demonstrate ,
denote ,
dim ,
draft ,
drop a hint ,
embody ,
exemplify ,
figure ,
fog ,
forebode ,
forecast ,
foreshadow ,
foreshow ,
foretell ,
give a hint ,
give the cue ,
glance at ,
gloom ,
have a hunch ,
have an intimation ,
hint ,
hint at ,
illustrate ,
image ,
impersonate ,
imply ,
incarnate ,
indicate ,
insinuate ,
intimate ,
lower ,
mean ,
menace ,
mirror ,
mist ,
murk ,
obfuscate ,
omen ,
outline ,
overcast ,
personate ,
personify ,
portend ,
predict ,
prefigure ,
presage ,
pretypify ,
prognosticate ,
project ,
prompt ,
prophesy ,
realize ,
reflect ,
rough out ,
shadow ,
shadow forth ,
signify ,
skeleton ,
suggest ,
symbolize ,
threaten ,
typify ,
vaticinate
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